Gianforte Describes Montanan's Heartbreaking Robocall Story in Hearing

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Citing constituent stories and frustration, Congressman Greg Gianforte blasted robocalls at a congressional hearing yesterday.

"Montanans reasonably think that being on the National Do Not Call list means they won't get called. Except they're getting called. A lot. And they're sick and tired of it," Gianforte said to open his statement.

Gianforte described what constituents face before he shocked the committee with a tragic story.

"A young woman from Bozeman received a call from her little brother's phone number. But it wasn't her brother. It was a scammer calling from her little brother's number," Gianforte described. "Unfortunately, her little brother had died of a heroin overdose a couple of months previously."

"It's an indictment on the system that a young woman gets a call from a scammer using her deceased brother's phone number," Gianforte said.

Gianforte concluded his remarks by noting how there is bipartisan agreement to fix the problem of robocalls and urged action.

A member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Gianforte serves on the communications and technology subcommittee which held the hearing on "Legislating to Stop the Onslaught of Annoying Robocalls." The subcommittee's legislative hearing centered around seven bills addressing robocalls.

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